Several players succumbed to the whole exhausting themselves on defense problem. The Avs were trapped in their own end for so much of the season. Looking forward to young defense men that can strip the puck and get it up the ice to the forwards.

Also, I have to say, and perhaps my eye-test meter is faulty, that Landy was also one of the few players that didn’t quit mid-season. Sometimes he seemed to be doing everything himself.